| Author |
 Replies: 28,020 / Views: 2,318,555 |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
Chuckster, Congrats on the nice find  Very very nice. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
811 Posts |
2 boxes today.first box nothing second box 8 40%,s and 3 90%,s all in all agood day.got 2 more boxes coming next week.later greg
|
|
Valued Member
United States
57 Posts |
Scratchoff
Looks to me like a rim paint job. There is a little overrun on the face it looks like. It is very easy to tell if that coin is silver.
Flip test it. It will not sound like other coins do. There will be an obvious difference with minimal practice.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
619 Posts |
Quote:
I took another drive around town yesterday and stopped at 22 banks. I ended up with just over $500 in halves. I found a 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972 S, 1983 S, and a 1940 from a tellers tray. Wow, nice. I once went to 12 or 13 banks in one day, and thought I was the only one. I only got a few 40%. I've found a nearby town that has 8 banks in a half-mile stretch, with 4 or 5 more banks within a mile of those! |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
 , scratchoff! Quote:
I found a 1971 d and I think it is 40% silver clad (rare error). How much do you think it's worth? I attached a picture of it in the roll of other CU-NI coins and a scan of it up close. My guess? 50¢. Did you weigh it? How does it compare to other 40% halves? Try the tissue test against a known 40% coin. |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Quote:
I've found a nearby town that has 8 banks in a half-mile stretch, with 4 or 5 more banks within a mile of those! I've never heard anyone say this before, but I was daydreaming one day and it occurred to me that every town I could think of had more bank locations than fast food joints. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
If I am incorrect, someone let me know.
My understanding is that the 1976 Bicentennial Halves are available in two 40% variations. One variation is, of course, those marked with the "S" mint mark. The other variation is 40% but not marked with "S" mint mark; they were a special collectors version created by the mint.
To my knowledge, the only way to really tell these is to weight them. I think the non-silver clad ones are 11.3 grams while the silver clad ones are 11.5 grams.
Kenscott
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
622 Posts |
I misunderstood the "1985s" I thought you were providing the mint mark of 's' but you meant "1985's" plural. Oops
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Quote:
If I am incorrect, someone let me know.
My understanding is that the 1976 Bicentennial Halves are available in two 40% variations. One variation is, of course, those marked with the "S" mint mark. The other variation is 40% but not marked with "S" mint mark; they were a special collectors version created by the mint. You're incorrect. All the 40% Bicentennial are S mint. Both came in three-coin sets. Uncirculated were $9, $7 (IIRC) if you bought 50; proofs were $15/12. Dealers were underselling the mint. There were also regular clad S mint coins in the 1975 and 1976 6-coin proof sets. |
|
Valued Member
United States
186 Posts |
What is a "tissue test?" and, does that really work?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
Okay. can someone explain why I have a 1976 half that weighs
11.5 g and is not from San Francisco?
Does anyone know of any errors like this? I know there are some instances of errors
like a few million 1965 dimes being stamped on silver blanks left over from 1964 and the like.
It is just odd that I have weighed around 40 bicentennials and they are all the correct weight but
this one.
Help is appreciated and thanks for the clarification.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1903 Posts |
11.5 is within acceptable tollerances. Normal is 11.34, so 11.5 is close enough for the mint to accept.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
527 Posts |
I went to a bank I had never seen before and got 4 halves from the teller's tray, since that's all she had, and I got a 1966 Kennedy!  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
Thanks for the reply. I will keep that in mind when searching from now on.
I have a pile of change to take to the only bank in the area that I know has a change
counting machine. Maybe I will find some silver in the reject bins.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
186 Posts |
 It's been a while (4 years) since I dumped a box of coins. We have a business account at Chase, do you think they will give me any problems if I walk in there with two boxes today and ask them to exchange it for $100s ?  |
| |
Replies: 28,020 / Views: 2,318,555 |
First Page
Previous Page
Posted 01/26/2012 11:57 pm
